somnoler
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɔm.nɔ.le/
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Verb
somnoler
- to slumber
Conjugation
Conjugation of somnoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | somnoler | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | somnolant /sɔm.nɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | somnolé /sɔm.nɔ.le/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | somnole /sɔm.nɔl/ | somnoles /sɔm.nɔl/ | somnole /sɔm.nɔl/ | somnolons /sɔm.nɔ.lɔ̃/ | somnolez /sɔm.nɔ.le/ | somnolent /sɔm.nɔl/ |
imperfect | somnolais /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/ | somnolais /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/ | somnolait /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/ | somnolions /sɔm.nɔ.ljɔ̃/ | somnoliez /sɔm.nɔ.lje/ | somnolaient /sɔm.nɔ.lɛ/ | |
past historic2 | somnolai /sɔm.nɔ.le/ | somnolas /sɔm.nɔ.la/ | somnola /sɔm.nɔ.la/ | somnolâmes /sɔm.nɔ.lam/ | somnolâtes /sɔm.nɔ.lat/ | somnolèrent /sɔm.nɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
future | somnolerai /sɔm.nɔl.ʁe/ | somnoleras /sɔm.nɔl.ʁa/ | somnolera /sɔm.nɔl.ʁa/ | somnolerons /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | somnolerez /sɔm.nɔl.ʁe/ | somnoleront /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | somnolerais /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɛ/ | somnolerais /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɛ/ | somnolerait /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɛ/ | somnolerions /sɔm.nɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | somnoleriez /sɔm.nɔ.lə.ʁje/ | somnoleraient /sɔm.nɔl.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | somnole /sɔm.nɔl/ | somnoles /sɔm.nɔl/ | somnole /sɔm.nɔl/ | somnolions /sɔm.nɔ.ljɔ̃/ | somnoliez /sɔm.nɔ.lje/ | somnolent /sɔm.nɔl/ |
imperfect2 | somnolasse /sɔm.nɔ.las/ | somnolasses /sɔm.nɔ.las/ | somnolât /sɔm.nɔ.la/ | somnolassions /sɔm.nɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ | somnolassiez /sɔm.nɔ.la.sje/ | somnolassent /sɔm.nɔ.las/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | somnole /sɔm.nɔl/ | — | somnolons /sɔm.nɔ.lɔ̃/ | somnolez /sɔm.nɔ.le/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “somnoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.